Five years ago I graduated college, drove to Maryland the next night, met up with the weirdly large contingent of my friends who attended Towson University, and celebrated my graduation at what ended up being the last Preakness where people were allowed to bring their own alcohol. I saw some crazy shiat that day, and I even remember some of it.

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas TreeThe Union's full of farktwads.We love our slaves, we love our slavesUntil we're held at gunpointWe're Belgium in this UnpleasantnessBecause we're next to the Federal messOh Christmas Tree, in future schemesWe're just the template for nation-building.

OtherLittleGuy:Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas TreeThe Union's full of farktwads.We love our slaves, we love our slavesUntil we're held at gunpointWe're Belgium in this UnpleasantnessBecause we're next to the Federal messOh Christmas Tree, in future schemesWe're just the template for nation-building.

Just turned NBCs coverage on, so I missed that factoid. Yep, I'm sold. One Orb to go, please.

Got a huge chuckle out of USA Today yesterday. One of those 'why he can win/why he can't win' articles. They actually said for a couple horses under 'why he can't win'---"He's not as fast as others in this field" and "He doesn't want to run that far"

Just turned NBCs coverage on, so I missed that factoid. Yep, I'm sold. One Orb to go, please.

Got a huge chuckle out of USA Today yesterday. One of those 'why he can win/why he can't win' articles. They actually said for a couple horses under 'why he can't win'---"He's not as fast as others in this field".

To each his own. I wouldn't watch an NHL game unless someone told me the score was tied in the final minute of game 7 of a Stanley Cup Final, but these 3 races in spring (a close 2nd to my favorite time of the year behind summer) get my horsepower wound up.

FreakinB:Five years ago I graduated college, drove to Maryland the next night, met up with the weirdly large contingent of my friends who attended Towson University, and celebrated my graduation at what ended up being the last Preakness where people were allowed to bring their own alcohol. I saw some crazy shiat that day, and I even remember some of it.

/CSB

I was at that one too (2008). I only remember that day because of the pictures that I can and cannot post on Facebook (the NSFW were deleted with a computer crash). Was a cross between Mardi Gras and a refugee camp.